What 亣 means
It is an older form of 大, meaning “big.”
The early Chinese dictionary 說文解字 calls it a 籀文 form, an older script style, modified from an earlier 大 and still shaped like a person.
For a bare 亣, do not assume “big”; use the source text to identify the intended dictionary entry.
Who writes 亣
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Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Why does 亣 show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
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How to type or find 亣
- Search it as
- 亣 · 亣 大 · 亣 其 · 亣 亓 · 亣 old form · type 亣
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
亣CSS
\4EA3How to type 亣
In Microsoft Word for Windows, type
4EA3 and press Alt+X. Japanese input methods using JIS X 0213 exclude 亣 (as of 2026).Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
亣
HTML hex
亣
CSS content
content: "\4EA3";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E4%BA%A3
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On screen
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Code points
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JS .length
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UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.